Intelligent Electronic Music

rydenfan · « **Reply #40 on:** 25 Feb 2009, 04:33 pm »

Prefuse is amazing. His alter ego of Savath and Savalas is excellent as well.

If you like that style of music, I highly recommend Telefon Tel Aviv

Hicks · « **Reply #41 on:** 3 Mar 2009, 08:46 pm »

Quote from: sts9fan on 25 Feb 2009, 01:56 pm

I personally love Prefuse 73. I think it may fall more into the Hip Hop DJ arena but he has a new album coming out.
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16649/Prefuse-73-New-Album

Recorded on analog tape!

This is one of best album covers I've seen in recent memory:

CSI · « **Reply #42 on:** 3 Mar 2009, 10:10 pm »

Lots of excellent suggestions in this thread. That is if, like me, you like that kind of music. I you don't then, like my wife, you may consider the phrase "Intelligent Electronic Music" an oxymoron.

low.pfile · « **Reply #43 on:** 3 Mar 2009, 10:30 pm »

Quote from: CSI on 3 Mar 2009, 10:10 pm

Lots of excellent suggestions in this thread. That is if, like me, you like that kind of music. I you don't then, like my wife, you may consider the phrase "Intelligent Electronic Music" an oxymoron.

Funny you mention the genre name. I listen to nearly all of the music referenced here and never heard the term Intelligent Electronic Music. I have heard of Intelligent Dance Music (usually called just IDM), which could be synonomous with IEM, but I never see reference to IEM. I just checked and it's not in the genre list at allmusic.com

It's hard to put a label on lots of music and Electronic music is no different.

I've been listening to James Yuill, M83, and The Presets of late.

Docere · « **Reply #44 on:** 6 Mar 2009, 04:27 am »

I have heard the term Intelligent Electronica, often synonymous with Intelligent Techno in the late 80s/early 90s, at least in Australia. Genre-naming/labelling/cataloguing have their purpose, tho tends to be quite arbitrary, limiting, and self-defeating IMO, especially the narrower segmentations. Moving on... I will try not to repeat those already mentioned.

Some (not so) oldies: Faithless, Massive Attack, Leftfield (Leftism was once hailed the greatest electronic album of all time), Erasure, 808 State...

Ambient:
Propulsive: Marconi Union (a current fave), Ulrich Schnauss.
Drone-based: Stars of the Lid (another current fave).
More melodic: Harold Budd - especially The Pearl, Avalon Sutra...

Downtempo/Lounge/Chill-out: Zero7, earlier Goldfrapp (I like her later stuff too), Lamb, Rebirth of Cool compilations (I can vouch for 5, 6, and 7), 45 Dip, Handsome Boy Modelling School...

I also liked the the (now out of print, I think) Guidance Recordings - Hi-Fidelity House Imprint series and the Ninja Tunes (great label) compilations I have owned. I’d like to explore Ninja Tunes in more depth (DJ Food’s track “The Crow” is a modern classic in my book), but that could be expensive…

That is all I have time for now; no time for other intelligent (mostly) electronic styles.

Cheers

Hicks · « **Reply #45 on:** 6 Mar 2009, 04:46 pm »

Quote from: Docere on 6 Mar 2009, 04:27 am

(DJ Food’s track “The Crow” is a modern classic in my book),

Indeed the entire Kaleidoscope album is ridiculously underrated, just plain brilliant!

If you're looking to get more into the Ninja Tune catalog I'd recommend this comp:

http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Krush-Cuts-Back-Base/dp/B000003S7U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1236358130&sr=8-2

Two discs, one mixed by DJ Krush and the other by Coldcut and DJ Food, it's got tons of classics on it.

Other than that Amon Tobin is probably my favorite Ninja Tune artist, particularly Permutation and Supermodified.

Docere · « **Reply #46 on:** 7 Mar 2009, 01:04 am »

Hey, I am listening to Kaleidoscope as I type! I bought it a couple of years ago and never felt the love... I am feeling it now though.

Thnks for the Ninja Tunes compilation info - I have FunkungFusion (sp?) and Art of Zen Relaxation - different, but I enjoy both. I also have some Jaga Jazzist, Cinematic Orchestra, and Up Bustle and Out. I like 'em all, the CO is prob my fave.

Cheers

sts9fan · « **Reply #47 on:** 9 May 2009, 04:06 pm »

I am listening to the new Prefuse73 album now. I really like it. Less hip hopy but still great

hifitommy · « **Reply #48 on:** 9 May 2009, 06:54 pm »

pictures at an exhibition is quintessential in performance and the sound is quite spacious. it is a great rendition of the moussorgsky piece and should be considered by serious classical listeners as well as those looking for fun stuff.

the other releases are also mostly classical and very well done. i have most of his output available in the US.

the first one was debussy's snowflakes are dancing. it made quite a splash when it first came out.

if one has dolby pro logic, dynaquad, or any other matrix system in surround, this music lends itself well to that representation. tomita knew we were out here and even released some of the pieces in CD4 (the discrete 4 channel mode for vinyl).

BrianP · « **Reply #49 on:** 26 May 2009, 08:10 pm »

Haven't seen much mention here of the spacier/ spookier sorts of EM. Those who like the deep space excursions of earlier Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze might enjoy a great deal of the work of Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Paul Schutze, Vidna Obmana, and Alio Die, to name a few. In a decidedly darker vein are artists like Lustmord, Legion, Raison d'Etre, Yen Pox, Atrium Carceri, Letum, Zoar, Desiderii Marginis, The Unquiet Void, and . . . a whole bunch more. Distributors for this sort of stuff include Strange Fortune and Projekt Records.

mcullinan · « **Reply #50 on:** 26 May 2009, 08:27 pm »

The new Crystal Method is pretty good. Divided by Night. It has several guest appearances, one from Peter Hook of New Order, Joy Division fame... and Justin Warfield who sounds like Ian the lead singer of Joy Division. Cool stuff.

Wayner · « **Reply #51 on:** 27 May 2009, 12:53 pm »

I'm suprised that no one mentioned Depesche Mode, or aren't they considered electronic music?

I have some Kitaro - Dream and another - The Light of the Spirit.

Also how about Level 42 and the Human League?

You could even throw some King Crimson in this group, I think.

Also Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exibition, Tarkus.

Wayner

low.pfile · « **Reply #52 on:** 27 May 2009, 03:47 pm »

Re Wayner's post above: Depeche Mode, a favorite of mine, started out as Electronic pop music--their early music likely would fall under the current definition of Synth Pop and New Wave. They morphed into synth-driven Rock and today they are really Rock using synths (not unlike a great number of groups). I've just listened to the new DM album, Sounds of the universe, and have not warmed up to it yet.

Level 42 and Human League, also electronic pop--from the 80's. Both also fall under the synth pop / new wave description. I am far from an ELP expert but their Pictures at an Exhibition is clearly prog rock. sure there is a Moog synth in there but that wouldn't make it fall into the Electronic genre.

"Electronic" without the "a" appended is really a different genre from Electronica. Electronic tends to be used for music that incorporated, new at the time, tape loops, synthesizers, and samplers for a majority of the instrumentation over traditional electric or acoustic instruments (e.g. Brian Eno, Kraftwerk). Today there are dozens of styles of Electronica.

Though mvwhiting_83 (the OP) left off the "a" in this first post, he listed seed reference music: The Knife, Yello, 7, and Trentemoller. With that, many great Electronica recommendations were made. Those are mostly minimal/sparse techno, experimental, ambient, and somewhat dark styles of Electronica.

BTW, The Knife's vocalist, Karin Dreijer, just released an album from her new project, Fever Ray, which sounds very similar to The Knife.

ed

persisting1 · « **Reply #53 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 04:38 am »

Some new favorites at the moment...

If you're a fan of dubstep and 8-bit, then you must get Zomby. This self-titled EP is essential.
http://www.last.fm/music/Zomby/Zomby+EP

Nosaj Thing's debut album, Drift; is a pleasant surprise. Well produced and down right good. I'm looking forward to see him live.
http://www.myspace.com/nosajthing

Dubstep is best listened to in some dark damp hole with subwoofers stacked to the ceiling. If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, check out CASPA's new album Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Listening. You can smell the sweat coming from your speakers.
http://www.rhapsody.com/caspa/everybodys-talking-nobodys-listening/intro-david-rodigan-speech

Wayner · « **Reply #54 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 11:40 am »

I just picked up the new re-release of the band Dead Can Dance. Very strange, but good.

Wayner

ecramer · « **Reply #55 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 01:02 pm »

I am a big fan of the Projekt record label and follow quite a few of the groups on there label. Electronica, Dark Cabaret, ethereal-heavenly voices, Gothic-Darkwave Neo-folk are maybe just some industrial from Cold meat industries They carry a wide variety of very talented artists who otherwise would struggle to get there stuff heard. I find they have very good production values No over compressed pop need apply here

Come on take a walk down the dark side of music what you got to lose

ED

Quote from: BrianP on 26 May 2009, 08:10 pm

Haven't seen much mention here of the spacier/ spookier sorts of EM. Those who like the deep space excursions of earlier Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze might enjoy a great deal of the work of Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Paul Schutze, Vidna Obmana, and Alio Die, to name a few. In a decidedly darker vein are artists like Lustmord, Legion, Raison d'Etre, Yen Pox, Atrium Carceri, Letum, Zoar, Desiderii Marginis, The Unquiet Void, and . . . a whole bunch more. Distributors for this sort of stuff include Strange Fortune and Projekt Records.

K Shep · « **Reply #56 on:** 26 Jul 2009, 06:44 pm »

I posted these in another thread. I am a fan of Electronic music of all flavors. I find that many of the artists work with engineers that care about the end product, thus many of the CD's are recorded well.

Kraftwerk: Mininum-Maximum
http://www.amazon.com/Minimum-Maximum-Kraftwerk/dp/B0009H9NE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248541600&sr=1-1
Uberzone: Ideology
http://www.amazon.com/Ideology-%C3%9Cberzone/dp/B000TGGJRS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248542547&sr=1-1
Massive Attack: Mezzanine
http://www.amazon.com/Mezzanine-Massive-Attack/dp/B000006045/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248542803&sr=1-1
Enigma: Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
http://www.amazon.com/Enigma-Love-Sensuality-Devotion-Greatest/dp/B00005OMTT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248542923&sr=1-1
Kruder & Dorfmeister: K & D Sessions
http://www.amazon.com/K-D-Sessions-Kruder-Dorfmeister/dp/B00000G257/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248633809&sr=1-3

Housteau · « **Reply #57 on:** 26 Jul 2009, 08:12 pm »

I am not sure if has been mentioned yet, but Alan Parsons most recent release, A Valid Path, is his first complete electronic music recording.

http://www.amazon.com/Valid-Path-Alan-Parsons/dp/B0002IQHY8

emac · « **Reply #58 on:** 26 Jul 2009, 08:44 pm »

From a drum & bass perspective, would recommend the albums:
- Bop: Clear Your Mind (http://www.iambop.com/)
- D-Bridge: Gemini Principle
- Deep Blue: Metropolitan Chic (very difficult to find, but amazing)

And I can't remember if this has been posted, and if it has, it's worth reposting. If anyone gets massively confused with all of the subgenres of electronic music, this link will help. Got samples of each genre as well:

http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/

emac · « **Reply #59 on:** 30 Jul 2009, 01:14 am »

Given that there's a lot of really good electronic music mixes available on the net, I'll post a link to one that I downloaded today and I find really outstanding. It's by the drum & bass artist, Bop, who recently released his debut album, Clear Your Mind. The mix clocks in at a bit under 40 minutes and has tracks from a number of different artists. Not really for dancing, more for home listening. It's wonderfully emotive with soundscapes that are easy to get lost in. The beats are different (more Intelligent Dance Music, IDM, influenced), and there's enough variety in the tracks that there's a true ebb & flow to them as well as the mix.

Mixes can offer a very different musical perspective, much like a live album vs. an artist album. And this mix by Bop is one of the better I've downloaded in a long time.

http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?threadid=640041&mode=article